C20 So There Really Was a Trick

"We don't know what kind of girl that Tao Xiaozui is. We can't ruin your brother's marriage because of you."

Chen Mingxi was willful, but fortunately, Lady Chen was a thoughtful person.

Tao Xiaosu turned to look at Ye Yuan and whispered, "So Third Young Master Chen went to talk about marriage all for Chen Mingxi."

"As expected of brother and sister, they really put in a lot of effort for you."

Ye Yuan curled his lips into a smile and asked, "Let's go back!"

"Since we are already here, why don't we go and have a look at Third Master Chen?"

Ye Yuan nodded and brought Tao Xiaozui to search the Chen Mansion for a while before finding Third Young Master Chen.

Coincidentally, Third Young Master Chen was also talking about marriage: "Miss Tao is gentle and upright, and she has a business mind. If I can marry her, it would be my greatest fortune."

"But you don't belong to the right family. She came from a poor family and isn't a good match."

The one who spoke was Master Chen.

Third Young Master Chen immediately objected and praised Tao Xiaomiao so well that Master Chen had nothing to say.

Even Tao Xiaotu felt guilty when she heard this.

"How am I so good...?"

Third Young Master Chen was indeed perfect, but unfortunately, Tao Xiaotu had no interest in him.

Ye Yuan held onto Tao Xiaosu's waist tightly. Just as he was about to take her away, he was heard by someone in the room.

"Who is it?"

Not long after, Third Young Master Chen walked out. He called for a servant to search around for a while before he found Tao Xiaosui and Ye Yuan who were hiding on the roof.

"Third Young Master, they're on the roof."

Third Young Master Chen jumped up and was about to catch them when he saw that it was Ye Yuan and Tao Xiaosui. He was extremely surprised.

"It's you?"

"Why didn't you come in through the main door?"

Third Young Master Chen then invited the two to sit in the room. Tao Xiaozui had seen Master Chen before and explained: "Third Young Master Chen came to our shop and suddenly said that he wanted to marry his daughter. My daughter didn't know Third Young Master's personality so she asked him to bring me here. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

Master Chen only smiled and didn't blame Tao Xiaozui.

"So it was just a misunderstanding. I'll go back to my room first."

Third Young Master Chen made tea for the two of them, and Tao Xiaotu went straight to the point, "We heard from your sister that Third Young Master wanted to marry me to facilitate the marriage between your sister and Ye Yuan?"

He smiled awkwardly and admitted it, "My sister originally planned to do so, but I went to your shop these few days and truly fell in love with Miss Tao from the bottom of my heart."

"Whether my sister and Master Ye can get together or not, in my opinion, if Lady Tao agrees to marry me, it must be a blessing from the heavens."

Even so, Tao Xiaozui was unmoved, "Thank you for your kind words, third young master, but I am not worthy of the Chen family. Third young master is a good man, but I do not have the fortune."

Ye Yuan was secretly happy that Tao Xiaoshu had rejected him, but Third Young Master Chen had a lonely expression.

"I wonder if Miss Tao can tell me why..."

Tao Xiaozui knew of Chen Mingxi's temperament. From this, it could be seen that the Chen Family would have more people like Chen Mingxi. Tao Xiaozui didn't want to get involved in this complicated relationship.

"This... I can't say for sure. But thank you Third Young Master for your kind intentions. We will take our leave now."

After a while, Third Master Chen saw them out and watched them leave.

On the way, even Ye Yuan asked her, "Young Master Chen is so nice, why did you..."

"Master Chen is not young anymore, and he is such a nice man, so he shouldn't be unmarried. In my opinion, there must be something behind this!"

Ye Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked Tao Xiaozui, "I think you have something unspeakable behind the scenes!"

"What else can I tell you?"

Suddenly, Tao Xiaozui seemed to have thought of something, "Ye Yuan, how about you teach me martial arts?"

Ye Yuan was puzzled. Tao Xiaosu knew a girl, so why would she want to learn martial arts?

"You're a girl, so why would you want to learn martial arts?"

"What's wrong with being a girl? I see that you guys are flying around, and it's very interesting. I also want to try it myself. How about I take you as my master?"

Tao Xiaosui looked at Ye Yuan eagerly, and the anticipation in her eyes was obvious.

"Take me as your master?"

Ye Yuan couldn't bear to refuse. He could only think of a way to make her quit.

"It's not impossible, but as your master, I have very strict requirements. Can you bear it?"

Tao Xiaosui was very confident. Seeing him relent, she hurriedly nodded her head: "I can, I can. A strict master gives birth to a good disciple. I understand."

In the past few days, the business of the shop had been getting better and better. Tao Xiaosui had also started to plan her next step.

The matter of her learning martial arts from Ye Yuan could officially begin.

"Meat buns out of the oven -"

"Sesame Seed Cakes out of the oven -"

The voices that rose one after another could only be heard in the Tao family's shop. As business was booming, there were not enough ingredients every day.

"Lady Tao, a lot of customers are asking if meat buns can be made into vegetables."

Tao Xiaozui thought about it and decided to agree.

"Ye Yuan, take someone to buy ingredients. We still need to make the Han Bao later!"

On the other side, Tao Xiaotu made another new thing.

"Dad, look, it's done."

Tao Xiaotu gave the freshly fried orchids to Third Brother Tao. Third Brother Tao had never eaten something like this before, and he was full of praise after eating one.

"Delicious, crispy and delicious. What are you made of?"

"It's made from broad beans."

Tao Xiaozui had more and more tricks. There were also many other shops that imitated Tao Xiaozui, but none of them could learn the essence of Tao Xiaozui.

At night, Tao Xiaozui did horse stance in the yard. Ye Yuan only taught her some simple moves.

Unexpectedly, Tao Xiaozui quickly learned the moves, but found fault with the egg: "Not enough strength."

"This move uses the strength of the wrist."

Tao Xiaosui glanced at Ye Yuan and felt that he was deliberately making things difficult for her, but she had no choice but to endure it since she was learning martial arts for the country.

"Is this right?"

Ye Yuan forced himself to nod his head, "It's alright, but you don't have enough strength. Go and chop the firewood first, then try out the moves you just learned."

"Cut firewood?"

Although Third Brother Tao's family was poor, he had never made Tao Xiaozui suffer. He had never let Tao Xiaozui chop wood before.

Tao Xiaozui really didn't know how to make Ye Yuan ask her to chop wood.

"But I don't know how to chop wood."

Ye Yuan took out a pile of firewood and placed it on the ground. He told Tao Xiaosu, "But you said it yourself. A strict teacher produces an excellent disciple. No one is born with the ability to chop firewood. If you don't know how to do it, I can teach you. You have to try it to know. "

Tao Xiaosu knew that there was a high chance Ye Yuan was messing with her, but she still gave it a try.

She copied Ye Yuan's way of chopping wood. Tao Xiaosu tried her best, but she could not get a nod from Ye Yuan.

Since Ye Yuan was playing tricks on her, she didn't want to be outdone. She waved the axe in her hand and chopped at Ye Yuan.

"Master, move aside! I don't want to hurt you!"